Dr. Masley informs us of the two urgent epidemics we are facing now–escalating rates of disabling memory loss and rapidly increasing rates of diabetes and pre-diabetes–and yet both conditions are largely preventable. Most people today understand the effect that elevated blood sugar has on their cardiovascular health, but few understand that insulin resistance is significantly damaging to the brain.

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